George goes to Kamakura

This is Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gu, in the city of Kamakura.

George loved this building.

George saw this from a high hill.

These are houses in Kamakura.

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Find the sailboats that George saw.

George is in front of the main hall of Hasedera, in Kamakura.

He is waving at you.

On Saturday, I went to Kamakura.

Kamakura is a small city.

It is by the sea.

Hills are all around it.

The hills are covered with woods.

So it is a pretty place.

It is a very old city.

Long ago, it was the capital of Japan.

It has many very old buildings.

They have interesting shapes.

They have beautiful gardens.

George likes Japanese gardens.

He wanted to come with me.

So I took him to Kamakura.

He liked one building the best.

It was red and yellow and green.

It had pigeons sitting on the roof.

You can see the bright colors and shapes in the picture.

George liked the colors.

He liked the pigeons, too.

One place we went was high on a hill.

George looked down from the hill.

He saw the roofs of houses below.

Far away, he saw the sea.

He saw boats sailing on the sea.

He wanted to go ride on a boat.

But we did not have time.

On the street, George looked at stores.

We passed a man in front of a store.

The man was selling snacks from the store.

He talked to everybody who walked by.

He spoke in Japanese.

I do not understand Japanese.

George does not understand Japanese.

But George and I still understood him.

He was saying, "Come try these good snacks!"

So we did!